ROBYN SARAH CV 2016

EMPLOYMENT (Primary) Faculty, Champlain Regional College, St. Lambert, 1975-2000 (English, Humanities)

PUBLICATIONS

Books : Poetry

My Shoes Are Killing Me (Biblioasis) 2015 Digressions: Prose Poems, Collage Poems, and Sketches (Fitzhenry & Whiteside) 2012 Pause for Breath (Biblioasis) 2009 A Day's Grace (The Porcupine's Quill) 2003 Questions About The Stars (Brick) 1998 The Touchstone: Poems New and Selected (Anansi) 1992 Becoming Light (Cormorant) 1987 Anyone Skating On That Middle Ground (Véhicule) 1984 The Space Between Sleep and Waking (Villeneuve) 1981 Shadowplay (Fiddlehead) 1978

Books : Short Stories

Promise of Shelter (The Porcupine's Quill) 1997 A Nice Gazebo (Véhicule Press) 1992

Books: Literary Criticism

Little Eurekas: A Decade’s Thoughts on Poetry (Biblioasis) 2007

Books in Translation Le tamis des jours: Poèmes choisis (Les éditions du Noroît) 2007 Translated by Marie Frankland

Books: Edited Undercurrents: New Voices in Canadian Poetry (Cormorant) 2011 The Essential Margaret Avison (The Porcupine’s Quill) 2010 The Essential Don Coles (The Porcupine’s Quill) 2009 The Essential George Johnston (The Porcupine’s Quill), 2007

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (Selected)

Columnist: The Gazette () Books Section 2000-2001 Poetic Licence, monthly column on poetry PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, continued

Editing/Publishing: 1976-present

Poetry Editor for Cormorant Books, Toronto 2011 - (acquisitions and editing; 19 titles edited to date)

Editor, The Essential George Johnston (2007), The Essential Don Coles (2009), The Essential Margaret Avison (2010), for The Porcupine’s Quill. Compilation, introduction, thumbnail biography, bibliography.

Guest Editor "Voices on the Wind", a 155-page poetry feature for The New Quarterly (#95, Summer 2005 issue)

Outside Reader for Cormorant and Anansi (early 1990s)

Co-founder (1976), -editor, -publisher, of Villeneuve Editions, a small press that published a few issues each of two literary magazines and a poetry chapbook series which included first or early titles by August Kleinzahler, A.F. Moritz, Brian Bartlett, Bruce Taylor & others; disbanded 1987.

Teaching, Mentoring:

Arc Magazine Virtual Poet-in-Residence Oct 2015 – June 2016 University of Ottawa Writer-in-Residence (fall semester) 2010 St Mary’s University, Halifax (one-week residency) 2010 Maritime Writers' Workshop instructor 1997, 2005 (short story, poetry) Quebec Writers’ Federation Mentor (poetry, fiction) 2008, 2009 Quebec Writers' Federation workshop leader 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2013 (short story, poetry, memoir) Poets in the Cegeps (College de l’Outaouais x 10; Vanier College x 3) 2000-2010 Concordia University Creative Writing Dept (poetry) 1995-96 The Akiva School, poetry-writing, grades 1-6 1986-1988

LITERARY AWARDS and citations:

Governor General’s Award for Poetry 2015 (for My Shoes Are Killing Me) Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Poetry 2015 (for My Shoes Are Killing Me) Short List, National Magazine Awards 2010 “My Shoes Are Killing Me” (Poetry) Short List, National Magazine Awards 2006 “Poetry’s Bottom Line” (Arts Writing) Short List, National Magazine Awards, “Connections” (Essay) 2006 Short List, A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry, A Day's Grace 2004 Nomination, Pushcart Prize "Connections" (Essay) 2002 Short List, Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction, Promise of Shelter 1998 Literary Awards and citations, continued

Nomination, National Magazine Awards 1997 "Album Leaf" (Personal Journalism) Finalist, CBC/Saturday Night Tilden Award (Poetry) 1995 Citation, Best American Short Stories "Accept My Story" 1994 National Magazine Award, Fiction, Silver "Accept My Story" 1993 Journey Prize Anthology selection "Accept My Story" 1993 Nomination, Western Magazine Awards "Accept My Story" 1993 Editor's Choice citation, Books in Canada, A Nice Gazebo 1993 Finalist, Malahat Long Poem Prize 1991, 1992, 1993 Finalist, CBC Literary Competition Poetry Category 1990, 1991, 1992 Fiction Category 1992 Short List, Pat Lowther Award, The Touchstone 1992 CBC Literary Competition (Poetry, second prize) 1989 Okanagan Short Story Prize (Canadian Author), 'A Minor Incident' 1989 Joseph S. Stauffer Award (Canada Council) for fiction 1988 Short List, A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry, Becoming Light 1988

Broadcasts, selected: APM-MPR The Writer's Almanac (Garrison Keillor) 12 poems 2005 - 2015 CBC 'Art Talks' Broadcast of story 1997 CBC 'Saturday Spotlight' Interview & broadcast of story 1986

Festivals: VerseFest, Ottawa 2016 Blue Metropolis Festival, Montreal 2000, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010 Festival international de poésie, Trois-Rivières 2008 Ottawa International Writers' Festival 2002, 2007 Mad River Literary Festival (Winsted, Connecticut) 2007 Festival franco-anglais de poésie (Paris, France) 2005 Cherie Smith JCC Vancouver International Jewish Book Festival 2003 "Wild Writers We Have Known", short story symposium, Stratford, Ontario 2000 Harbourfront International Authors Festival, Toronto 1986

Conferences: West Chester Poetry Conference, West Chester, Connecticut June 2010 (on first-ever Canadian panel to participate)

Public Readings (since 1979) Montreal, Hudson, Sherbrooke, North Hatley, Ottawa, Kingston, Cobourg, Toronto, Hamilton, Waterloo, Peterborough, London, Halifax, Fredericton, Moncton, Lunenberg, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Victoria

International Readings , InDigest 1207 Series at Le Poisson Rouge 2010 Paris, France (Festival franco-anglais de poésie) 2005 London, UK (Oxfam Poetry Series) 2005